lesson

les‧son S2 W3 / les ə n / 名词 [可数名词]

1 learning a skill a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car :

piano lessons

have/take lessons

She’s started taking driving lessons.

lesson in/on

lessons in First Aid

lessons in road safety

2 in school British English a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject 同义词 class American English :

Lessons start at 9 o’clock.

French/physics/art etc lesson

I’ve got a double maths lesson next.

lesson in/on

Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.

3 experience something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use

learn a lesson (= gain useful experience or information )

There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.

The government has failed to learn the lessons of history .

lesson to

The men’s courage and faith is a lesson to us all.

Now let that be a lesson to you all (= be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again ) .

Her fate should be a salutary lesson (= one that teaches or warns you about something ) .

4 book a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school :

Turn to lesson 25.

5 church a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony

→ somebody has learned their lesson at learn ( 5 ) , → teach somebody a lesson at teach ( 6 )

COLLOCATIONS

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take lessons He started taking piano lessons at age four.

have lessons I have swimming lessons on Friday.

go to a lesson ( also attend a lesson formal ) I have to go to my French lesson now.

give lessons (= teach lessons ) She made a living giving private lessons in English.

prepare a lesson The teachers spend a long time preparing their lessons.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lesson

a history/physics/maths etc lesson I’ve got a history lesson this afternoon.

a driving/swimming etc lesson Dad said he’d pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.

a piano/guitar etc lesson I’d just started classical guitar lessons.

a private lesson (= a lesson specially for one person rather than for a class ) He gave private lessons in mathematics at the weekends.